[Nettime-bold] The FTAA Protests, Earth Day and More

[molly hankwitz <mollybh@netspace.net.au>]

>Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 16:19:09 -0500
>Subject: The FTAA Protests, Earth Day and More
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>Today the leaders of the Western hemisphere met in Quebec City for the
>third straight day to try to hammer out final negotiations over a free
>trade agreement that would extend across Latin America, just hours after a
>turbulent night of clashes between police and protesters lead to about 270
>arrests.
>
>Tens of thousands of people converged on Quebec from across the hemisphere
>late last week to protest the Summit of the Americas, where George W. Bush
>and other leaders are trying to create a NAFTA-like economic zone across
>the continent known as the Free Trade Area of the Americas. As of this
>morning, more than 400 people have been arrested by an increasingly
>violent Canadian police force numbering over 6,000. Yesterday, according
>to an AP report, police fired rubber bullets, water cannons and tear gas
>at groups of roving activists while most of the nearly 30,000
>demonstrators marched peacefully through this picturesque city protesting
>the proposed free-trade pact.
>
>The Nation is collecting some of the most illuminating reporting coming
>out of Quebec City this weekend, along with some background information on
>the FTAA, in a special web section. And we'll be adding frequent updates
>over the next few days. Currently you can read columns, articles and
>dispatches by Naomi Klein, William Greider, Sarah Anderson and John
>Cavanagh, John Nichols, Margaret Wente, Alejandro Bustos and more.
>Available at:
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>http://www.thenation.com/special/2001quebec.mhtml
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>
>EARTH DAY
>
>George W. Bush's hard line on the environment -- including decisions on
>arsenic, mining, energy, oil drilling and much more -- is mobilizing the
>environmental movement more profoundly than has been seen since the first
>Earth Day thirty-one years ago. To mark this critical moment in the health
>of the planet we're currently featuring some recent commentary from the
>pages of The Nation, as well as two web only special reports:
>
>BARBARA KINGSOLVER: Bush Vs. Green, -- WEB ONLY (April 6)
>http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=special&s=kingsolver20010415
>
>TERRY ALLEN: Science Or Politics?, April 7 -- WEB ONLY (April 7)
>http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=special&s=allen20010412
>
>DAVID HELVARG: Bush Unites the Enviros, May 7 Nation
>http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20010507&s=helvarg
>
>ROSS GELBSPAN: Bushís Global Warmers, April 9 Nation
>http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20010409&s=gelbspan
>
>DAVID HELVARG: The Three Horsemen, January 29 Nation
>http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20010129&s=helvarg
>
>DOUG IRELAND: Whitman, A Toxic Choice, January 29 Nation
>http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20010129&s=ireland
>
>JAMES SALZMAN: Earth In The Judicial Balance, October 9, 2000
>http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20001009&s=salzman
>
>WEB-ONLY ARCHIVE:
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>Mumia Abu-Jamal, Bruce Shapiro, Richard Kim, Mouin Rabbani, Congressman
>Bob Filner and Ken Silverstein. All available at:
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>http://www.thenation.com/special/web-onlyindex.mhtml
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>Florida voter rolls and Eric Alterman, Alec Dubro and Peter Kornbluh on
>tainted Bush appointee Otto Reich. All accessible at:
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>http://www.thenation.com
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